Article of furniture



April 16, 1929. FRAN LIN 1,709,123

ARTI CLE OF FURNITURE Filed March 17, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l i 7 ii 1: r a g I .1 v I E 32 21 6 flflrmws April 1929- A. w. FRANKLIN ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Filed March 17. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 16, 1929.

ALBERT W. FRANKLIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ARTICLE or FURNITURE Application filed March 17, 1928. Serial No. 262,453.

This invention relates in general to articles of furniture, such as consoles, used in connection with radio apparatus.

()ne of the objects of this invention is the provision of a radio console having a particular constriu-ton for use with a sound reproducing device.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a console which is of an artistic design and arranged to enclose a sound reproducing device in a manner to permit the most etlicient delivery of sound waves.

These and other objects as will appear from the following disclosure are secured by means of this invention.

This invention resides substantially in the combination, construction, arrangement and relative location of parts, as will more fully appear in the following specification.

Referring to the drawings,-

Figure 1 is a front clevational View of the console embodying the features of this invention.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the device, with the lower pair of the legs broken away.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of a detail taken on the line H of Figure 2.

It is the usual practice to construct consoles for enclosing radio apparatus including a loud speaker, in such a manner that the sound waves issue from the front thereof through an opening, which is covered by grill Work.

Referring to the drawings, for a better understanding of the invention, the console is shown as comprising four corner posts or legs 1, of which the two front legs are held in spaced relation by means of the cross braces 2, 4t and 6. The two rear legs are held in spaced relation by means of a back wall 15 and the front and rear set of legs are held in spaced relation by means of the end walls 8. The front wall comprises the member 3 mounted between the cross braces 2 and 4 and the end door 5 mounted between cross braces 4 and 6 and adapted to be swung outwardly to a horizontal position on the hinges 14. The top of the cabinet is provided with acover 7 which maybe secured thereto in any suitable manner, as for instance, by means of hinges. The horizontal partition or wall 14: divides the cabinet into two parts, the

upper of which is provided with a vertical wall 9 spaced from the front legs by means of the members 10. The wall 9 serves to support the various dials and operating instruments on the front thereof, which are exposed when the door 5 is opened on its hinges. Supported below the horizontal wall 14 and in back of the front wall 3 are the inclined bars 11 which are secured to the end Walls 8. Similar bars 12 of less width are secured to the bars 11 as appear in Figure 4. The upper ends of this composite bar are provided with the stops 16, against which rests the board 17, which is provided with a suitable opening 18 therethrough. The loud speaker or sound reproducing device is mounted on the bar 17, over the opening 18, so that the sound waves reproduced thereby are projected downwardly and emerge from the front of the cabinet under the cross brace 2.

By means of this construction it has been found that the sounds produced by the loud speaker mounted therein are of a full rich quality and which are reproduced without distortion. As will be apparent the sound reproducing device is completely hidden from view and the result is the console presents an artistic appearance which adapts it for harmonious use with other articles of furniture.

I am well aware that some changes in the detail of construction and relative arrangement of parts will readily occur to those skilled in the art and I do not, therefore, wish to be limited to the seope'of my invention, except as required by the appended claims.

\Vhat I seek to secure by United States Letters Patent is,-

1. In a radio console, a closed cabinet including end walls and a bottom, said end walls extending below the level of said bottom, inclined supports on the extending portion of said end walls and a member supported on said inclined supports and having an opening therethrough, said member being adapted to support a sound producing device over the opening therein.

2. In a radio console, the combination with a closed cabinet having end walls and a bottom, said end walls extending below the level of said bottom, of supports inclined to said bottom and secured to said extending end walls, a member mounted on said inclined supports having an opening therethrough and a wall secured below said cabinet so as to hide said inclined supports and member,

the said member being adapted to support a rear of the cabinet to the front thereof, the

sound reproducing device over the opening front of said cabinet being extended in front therein. of the inclined bottom to conceal the same 3. In a radio cabinet provided with front from view.

5 and side walls, a bottom for saidpabinet In testimony WhereofI have hereunto set provided with an opening therein 5 for supmy hand on this 20th day of February A. D., porting a sound reproducing device, sald 1928. bottom being inclined upwardly from the ALBERT W. FRANKLIN. 

